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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Linum usitatissimum (Linaceae)

Common Names
Flax; Linseed
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
D-XYLOPYRANOSE 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-XYLOSE 0 Seed 5400.0 16200.0 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed 3.0 -0.88 *
DELPHINIDIN 9 Flower Abstract (See species file)
DELPHINIDIN-3-0-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-0-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-GLUCOSYL-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELPHINIDIN-3-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
DELTA-5-AVENASTEROL 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Seed Oil *
DIASTASE 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DICROTALIC-ACID 0 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EICOSANOL 1 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERUCIC-ACID 2 Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT 0 Hay 33000.0 61000.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FAT 0 Seed 40000.0 450000.0 0.97 *
FATTY-ACIDS 0 Seed Oil Upadhya, G. S., Narayanaswamy, G., Kartha, A. R. S. 1974. Note on the Comparative Development of Fatty Acids in Ripening Seeds of 6 Dicot Species Producing C16-C18 Acid Fats. Indian J. Agr. Sci. 44: 620.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Perfumery 4 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 30 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytotoxic 1 *
Pigment 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 2 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 4 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *